Here's to Casting Your Net on the Other Side

Here's to Casting Your Net on the Other Side.

When Jesus began His ministry, he approached two men named Simon and James on the shoreline of a lake called Gennesaret. These two men had been fishing for hours on end and weren’t able to catch a thing! They were cleaning up their nets and ready to give up and call it a day, when Jesus told them to go back into their boats with Him—if they wanted to catch fish—and cast their nets on the other side. Not very convinced, Simon replied: “Master, we worked hard all last night and didn’t catch a thing. But if you say, I’ll let the nets down again” (Luke 5:1-5, NLT).

So they got into their boats with their fishing crew, and when they put their nets in the water on the other side, they were brought to their knees by what happened next. Their nets filled so fast and full that they started to tear and the boat started to sink! Then Jesus said to Simon: “Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men…So when they had brought their boats to land, they forsook all and followed Him” (Luke 5:6, 11).

I’m not going to tell you the end of the story. Instead, I want you to stop what you are doing and pray to God about your life’s aspirations. Tell Him everything in your heart and all of your goals. Because Jeremiah 29:11 says, “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” Then cast your net into the other side of the boat and be ready for God to rock your world.Image may contain: 1 person, ocean and sky

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